Church's "hot priest" introduction sets the internet on fire
"Some call him father, some call him daddy."
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
A “hot priest” has set the internet on fire with thirsty comments, a woman’s “matcha obsession” seems to have landed her in the hospital, and a bridezilla’s reign of terror extended well beyond her wedding when she asked her wedding photographer to post her more often on social media
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— W.J.
⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
This church introduced a “hot priest”—the comments were so thirsty, they had to turn them off
A TikTok video meant to introduce a new vicar to his parish has unexpectedly turned into the internet’s latest thirst trap.
When St. Edward of the Confessor in Romford posted a simple welcome message from Father Jordan earlier this month, viewers quickly latched onto his looks and accent, flooding the comment section with innuendo until the church was forced to disable them entirely.
“I should have known better”: Woman claims her matcha obsession sent her to the hospital. What happened?
A woman went viral on TikTok after claiming that drinking matcha just once every two weeks tanked her iron levels so badly she needed a transfusion.
Lynn Shazeen, who noted she has a bachelor’s in science and nursing and implied she’s qualified to speak on health risks, said the transfusions would mark the end of her matcha habit.
“Masterful job”: Wedding photographer receives request from “jealous” bride asking to be posted to social media “every three” posts
A wedding photographer shared a bizarre voice note she received from a former client requesting to be featured more frequently on her social media page.
“When you shot our wedding in May, it just brought so much joy and happiness when you would post about our wedding. And since then, obviously, you’ve shot other weddings and been posting about them. I guess I’ve been kind of jealous,” the bride says.
The bride points out that she “invested a lot” in the photography services. She then asks if Mahomey would post more content from their wedding.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
👠 A youth-oriented Wizard of Oz reboot titled Dorothy is coming from Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, and fans of the original are not very happy with the news.
💸 A mom on TikTok recently stunned viewers after sharing the jaw-dropping $1.5M medical bill from her newborn’s stay in intensive care.
🥐 A family in Massachusetts discovered staples inside a Texas Roadhouse roll, but the manager gaslighted them, saying the restaurant is a “staple-free premise.”
💵 Breaking down the controversy over The Cutting Room Floor’s social media post looking for a $55K employee.
📜 From the archive: The olds are starting to talk about Gen Alpha’s “6 7” trend, so here’s an explainer we did about it back in February.
🍺 We regret to inform you that Gen Z is putting ice in their beer…on purpose.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
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